shokwave comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shokwave 07 December 2011 03:26:40AM 4 points [-]

Poets do not go mad; but chess players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers: but creative artists very seldom

It seems like I have many more examples of mad poets than mad mathematicians and chess players available in my head.

Comment author: [deleted] 07 December 2011 03:33:13AM *  2 points [-]

Give yourself to availability bias. It is the only way you can save this argument. Yes, let your context betray you. Your experiences with it are strong. Especially with... mad poets. So, you know some mad poets.